Wilisindahamy v. Karunawathie and Others – sllr 1980 volume 2 page 136

In the case between the administratrix of the late Y. L. George de Silva’s estate (Plaintiff-Appellant) and the widow (1st Defendant) and children/heirs (2nd–11th Defendants), the court addressed whether the plaint disclosed a single unified cause of action or multiple causes, and the validity of Deed No. 262 under Section 68 of the Evidence Ordinance. It was held that the plaint set out a single cause of action and that the deed’s execution was satisfactorily proved. The prior District Court decision was reversed, and judgment awarded to the plaintiff-appellant with costs. The decision reaffirmed the principle that when facts in a plaint form part of one claim for relief, it constitutes a single cause of action irrespective of several incidents, and established the sufficiency of proof un